2001: Grove & Jack Miller

Credit: Executive Office of the Governor

Family Name: The Miller Family

Brothers Grove and Jack Miller of Pleasant View Farm have farmed for 50 years while providing leadership to the agricultural community statewide. Together they operate a 300-acre dairy farm in Cecil County. Grove Miller started the Cecil County Fair in 1954 and served on its board until 1976, when he became president of the Maryland State Fair, a position he still holds. Grove was Master of the Maryland State Grange for four years, and president of the Maryland Farm Bureau. He is currently a member of the Cecil Community College Foundation Board. Grove served on the University of Maryland’s Board of Regents from 1967-1975, and also helped organize the Maryland Agricultural Commission. Jack Miller was appointed by Governor Marvin Mandel to a vacancy in the Maryland State Senate in 1970, serving for two years. After his term, he was selected by his brother, Grove, to be the Maryland Farm Bureau’s legislative lobbyist in Annapolis, which he did successfully for the next 22 years.

Ceremony Date: 2/7/02